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Storm Bram named with severe weather warnings for rain and damaging winds
Damaging winds and flooding rain will sweep across the UK on Tuesday with Storm Bram as Simon King explains
MONDAY, 08 DECEMBER 2025, 12:33

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Damaging winds and flooding rain will sweep across the UK on Tuesday with Storm Bram as Simon King explains
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Thailand launches airstrikes at Cambodia as border tensions reignite

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The DA leader has responded to R.W Johnson’s article, saying that most of the journalist’s claims about his finances and career are complete lies.
South Africa
South Africans urged to deepen commitment to unity this Reconciliation Month
As South Africa commemorates Reconciliation Month in December, government has called on South Africans to deepen their commitment to unity, healing, forgiveness and nation-building.
Government further encouraged citizens to ensure that the values of reconciliation remain central to South Africa’s shared...
South Africa
Hlabisa hosts strategic meeting in Nelson Mandela Bay
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has held a high-level strategic meeting with civil society and key stakeholders in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape.The gathering that was held at the weekend followed the department’s appointment of a 10-member team,...

South Africa
SAWS has issued a level 10 red alert warning for severe thunderstorms expected in Gauteng & Limpopo
South Africa
Police Commissioner to visit Saulsville mass shooting scene
The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola will today visit Saulsville hostel, west of Pretoria where 25 people were shot at the weekend.Police confirmed that 11 of those shot suffered fatal injuries, with the latest victim having succumbed to injuries while being treated at...

World
The talks signal fresh support from European allies. But they follow stalled U.S. negotiations in Miami and comments from President Trump’s son suggesting Washington is ready to pull back.

World
It’s been one year since Syria toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. How the nation is marking the anniversary Monday.

World
Bird flu, or H5N1, has touched most of the globe, but there is one spot it hasn’t reached. Researchers down under are preparing for it, but gaps in bird flu surveillance elsewhere makes it difficult.

World
Soldiers briefly declared a military coup in Benin Sunday, but the government swiftly regained control, marking another episode in a rising wave of attempted coups in the region.

Africa
Find out who has been called up for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January.

Africa
J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere has photographed over 2000 uniqie Nigerian hairstyles.

Africa
Namibia has built up large stockpiles of rhino horn after pioneering the practice of cutting them off to deter poachers.

Africa
Ex-cyclist Zeragaber Gebrehiwot, who attended the 1980 Moscow Games, is among 13 released from a notorious jail.

Business
The Department of Home Affairs is making it easier for South Africans to apply for or collect Smart ID cards and passports.
Business

Business
A landmark ruling from the Supreme Court of Appeal has ended years of confusion and given residents, HOAs and community schemes more options.
Business

Politics
ANC’s 5th National General Council starts on Monday

Politics
Mashatile says the gathering will not discuss leadership changes.

Politics
Shivhambu says Afrika Mayibuye seeks to win an outright majority in next year’s local elections

Politics
Mashatile says President Cyril Ramaphosa will remain in office until the end of his term.

Sport
McLaren driver Lando Norris says he “wouldn’t be here without my parents. The sacrifices they’ve done” after winning his first Formula 1 world title.

Sport
The 2025/26 Betway Premiership season is on a break for the upcoming AFCON with the next domestic fixture scheduled for 20 January 2026.

Sport
Liverpool’s Jazza Dickens says he has been upgraded to WBA super-featherweight champion after Lamont Roach was stripped of the title.

Sport
The Sharks have touched based with former director of rugby Jake White as a coaching change begins in Durban.
Education
Many states have proposed bans on the sale of ultraprocessed foods in schools. The problem is the way they define ultraprocessing.
Education
[Nile Post] unyiiro Primary School in Iganga has received new toilets from the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH), supported by the Community Chest of Korea, in a move aimed at improving sanitation and hygiene for learners.
Education
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka has outlined sweeping fee reforms as part of the government’s plan to roll out the Free Secondary Education Policy, setting clear timelines for the abolition of various charges in public secondary schools.
Education
[RFI] Malawi’s newly elected president, 85-year-old Peter Mutharika, has delivered on his campaign promise to make primary and secondary education free by abolishing almost all school-related fees.

Lifestyle
“I will never be alone in a room with a woman I work with ever again,” Jason Derulo talks to Graham Bensinger on sexual harassment allegations.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
This festive season, scammers are preying upon visitors to the penguin colony at Boulders Beach in Simon’s Town. Here’s how…
Lifestyle

Entertainment
Over the past decade, the network of Pick n Pay Hypermarkets has barely grown.

Entertainment
Malume Foodie was the only South African winner at the TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa.

Entertainment
“The president (Relebohile Mofokeng) is very important for us,” said Ouaddou.
Entertainment

Science/Tech
Nicolette Mashile and Yande Nomvete discuss Binance and its crypto-focused show that recently ran on SABC.

Science/Tech
A recovery in tech jobs is a sign that the broader jobs market is on an upward trajectory, according to Pnet.

Science/Tech
A DStv subscriber has launched an online petition to urge MultiChoice to save 12 channels that could be removed from the service.
Science/Tech
You may be surprised to zoom right onto a future international flight thanks to facial-recognition tools being tested at Orlando International Airport.
Motoring

Motoring
Suzuki has made a change to the affordable Dzire sedan, which will be applied to all models going forward.

Motoring
This is what a R3.6-million American supercar looks like.
Motoring
Health
People who have insurance under the Affordable Care Act are being asked to pay more for plans that will cover less of their care.
Health
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
Health
Officials said one person was killed and 20 others were poisoned after eating death cap mushrooms, which look and taste like safe mushrooms but can cause liver failure.
Health
Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials.